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Downtown businesses in Vancouver, Victoria decry desperate public safety situation

VANCOUVER — Alan Goodall has owned the Aura nightclub in Vancouver's entertainment district for 16 years, and says the situation for his business has...

Ottawa puts latest Canada Post offer up for a vote by union members

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking unionized Canada Post employees to vote directly on the latest offers from the postal service — a...

Inspired by his mom with Alzheimer’s, former Oregon firefighter creates chair to make lifting easier for first responders, caregivers

The Inva-Lift Pro 500 was born from Kevin Comstock’s experience on the job and at home caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s. HILLSBORO,...

Nike announces additional round of tech worker layoffs

At the end of 2023, Nike announced a $2 billion cost-cutting and restructuring strategy that resulted in 740 layoffs at Nike world headquarters in...

A living wage in Portland is $27.47 per hour. Here’s the percentage of entry-level jobs that hit that mark

A new analysis puts Portland among the big U.S. cities with the lowest percentage of entry job postings with livable wages, including Miami, Atlanta...

Ottawa puts latest Canada Post offer up to a vote by union members

OTTAWA — Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Thursday she's putting Canada Post's latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote in...

Canada will see critical mineral shortfall without big investment, report finds

Canada needs between $30 and $65 billion in new investments to kick-start enough critical mineral mining projects to reach its production potential by 2040,...

Kirk LaPointe: BC Ferries deal with China torpedoes government’s own messaging

Principles. Policies. Timing. Context. Optics. They all matter in politics. Into this bouillabaisse we present to you today the curious case of the Chinese...

Dutch Bros to move headquarters out of Oregon

The move from the Grants Pass-founded company comes just a year and a half after it brought on Arizona native as CEO. PORTLAND,...

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